TJX plan for Marlborough on schedule

Retail giant TJX Companies is moving along with its plan to open a new campus at the former Fidelity parcel.

By Kendall Hatch/Daily News staff

MetroWest Daily News, Framingham, MA

By Kendall Hatch/Daily News staff

Posted May. 24, 2013 at 12:01 AM
Updated May 24, 2013 at 4:11 AM

By Kendall Hatch/Daily News staff

Posted May. 24, 2013 at 12:01 AM
Updated May 24, 2013 at 4:11 AM

MARLBOROUGH

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Retail giant TJX Companies is moving along with its plan to open a new campus at the former Fidelity parcel.

The Framingham-based company announced last March it was purchasing the two buildings at 300 and 400 Puritan Way, with plans to open new offices there late this summer or in the fall.

Company spokeswoman Doreen Thompson said the Marlborough project is still moving on schedule, but said the company would not offer any comment beyond that.

The company plans to maintain its headquarters in Framingham, but said the Marlborough project will provide room for further expansion. Both communities have approved tax increment financing deals with the company, which runs TJ Maxx, HomeGoods and Marshalls.

Marlborough Building Commissioner Michael Mendoza said on Thursday that the Marlborough project is coming along very nicely.

"Basically, it’s a rehab job. They’re re-insulating, putting in new wiring, a new ventilation system, new carpeting," he said. "Sprucing it up, if you will."

Mendoza said the building at 400 Puritan Way is scheduled to be finished by mid-August, while work on the building at 300 Puritan Way is scheduled to be completed by mid-October.

The two buildings the company is taking over on Puritan Way consist of more than 700,000 square feet of office space, into which the company plans to invest $100 million. The expansion into Marlborough will bring 1,600 jobs to the city, officials said.